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The Pixies Join Rage Against The Machine, in Celebrating the Rescue of the Miners (BILINGUAL)

It was five past ten PM in Santiago de Chile, and the whole nation was in a mood that locals described as “people going crazy, honking in the streets, as if Chile had won the World Cup, or something” when Black Francis, leader and guitar player of The Pixies walked on the stage of O’Higgins Park and before even greeting the audience blurbed in Spanish “I believe we have great reasons to celebrate” and this is why “we will perform 33 songs,” one for each miner, their longest set ever.

What followed was not only a display of kindness from the band towards a whole nation, but also towards their fans. The band played the 33 songs they promised, and then came back to play “Where is my Mind” and “Gigantic” as an encore, for the thousands of Pixies lovers in the audience.

In a press release, following the show, frontman Black Francis said, “We were so moved by this story, by how many lives had been affected by this, and how the Chilean people banded together to support what can only be described as a miracle. We wanted to do something to show how affected we were by this, so we played a special set at tonight’s show, 33 songs for the 33 miners, the longest set we’ve ever played as a band. We found out five minutes before we went on stage that all of the miners had safely reached the surface. This was definitely one of the most meaningful show we’ve ever played.”